grottesco

== Italian == === Etymology === From grotta (“cave”) +‎ -esco (relational suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrotˈtes.ko/ Rhymes: -esko Hyphenation: grot‧té‧sco === Adjective === grottesco (feminine grottesca, masculine plural grotteschi, feminine plural grottesche) grotesque ==== Derived terms ==== grottescamente ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: grotesc → Middle French: grotesque→ English: grotesqueFrench: grotesque→ Romanian: grotesc → Piedmontese: grotesch → Portuguese: grotesco → Spanish: grotesco === Further reading === grottesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana